this morning, on the road. the president takes his message on health care reform straight to the people and hears some straight talk right back. >> and we keep getting the bull. that's all we get is bull. >> can the president save his health plan? state of emergency. thousands ordered to evacuate their homes as raging california wildfires spread. we will take you to the front lines as firefighters try to knock the flames down. the divorce between jon and kate gosselin takes an ugly turn. police are called to break up a domestic dispute. is the custody deal falling

apart? and woodstock. ♪ going out to the country isn't that -- >> 40 years later we are back to where it all happened, three days of peace, love and music that transformed the nation. ♪ i'm going to someplace where i that transformed the nation. ♪ i'm going to someplace where i never been before ♪ captions paid for by abc, inc. campgrounds will be open for two days before the festival. there are over 600 acres of land to roam, creative workshops. heavy traffic is anticipated so leave early if you wish to arrive on time. >> oh, if the kids who heard that radio ad 40 years ago knew what lay ahead. good morning, america, from rock 'n' roll hallowed ground, bethel, new york, the site of woodstock and good morning to my groovy college back in manhattan, kate snow. >> peace to you, about i will. good morning. it is saturday, august 15th. we're also going to have the

latest on president obama's trip out west to save his health care reform plan. many on both sides of the debate starting to wonder if his agenda is in some trouble. we'll look at the return of superstar michael vick after 19 months in prison. a lot of questions about whether he should be allowed to make a comeback. but bill is talking about a different kind of comeback. the celebration at woodstock. good morning again, bill. >> good moing, kate. it's going to be a fantastic morning. hard to imagine 40 years ago this moment this field was filled with almost 500,000 people and another million on the road trying to get in. you know, america's full of commemorative battlefields but this is one of those rare commemorative peace fields celebrating the love that broke out 40 years ago enhanced by liberal doses of sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and a whole lot of mud and we'll be reveling in all of the above looking bk at the fans and the musicians who made it happen including the man who

opened the show, richie havens is here with us. he'll perform his classic "freedom" which he improvised on the stage and we'll compare this seismic moment in american ka to the rock festivals hanging out with widespread panic and understanding the musical and cultural and economic legacy of woodstock. >> we begin with president obama making a big pitch out west to boost support for health care reform. rachel martin is in big sky montana this morning. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: -- about 5 miles away from bozeman where the president held his health care town hall meeting yesterday and while there was some tension, the event started out with hugs, handshakes, even some humor. >> here in montana you've got bears and moose and elk and in washington you just haveostly bull.

>> reporter: words that moments later were thrown right back at the president as he tried to set the record straight on his plans for health care reform. >> we keep getting the bull is bull. you can't tell us how you're going to pay for this. >> you are absolutely right that i can't cover enough 46 million people for free. >> reporter: obama has been ramping up his fight for reform as oosition is mounting on both sides of the debate. the plan to provide end of life counseling is being dropped from a senate version of the bill after conservatives like sarah palin said it would create so-called death panels. the topic came up between senators arlen specter and chuck grassley yesterday in a kind of twitter feud. specter writes "called senator grassley to tell him to stop spreading myths about health care reform and imaginary death panels. grassley said "specter got it all wrong that i ever used death boards. even liberal press never accused me of that. robert gibbs this week said

misinformation like this has put the administration on defense. >> one of the reasons we've pushed back is because of those misconceptions. some of those misconceptions contributed to the poll numbers? i don't doubt that. >> reporter: a "usa today"/gallup poll reported that 49% of americans disapprove of obama's handling of health care policy while 43% approve. for now the president is doing his best to separate fact from fiction with fighting words. >> every time we are in sight of health insurance reform the special interests fight back with everything they have. we can't let them do it again. not to time. >> reporter: he is holding another town h hall meeting, th one tonight in grand jupgs, colorado. the president is sneaking out for a ttle fun on this trip, kate. he'll take a break from health care and take a tour of yellowstone with the first family. >> rachel martin, thank you. now to those wind-whipped wildfires burning out of control in northern california.

hundreds of firefighters are azrking to contain multiple es. the biggt n ag the santa cruz mountains. abc's laura marquez is just beyond the fire lines in davenport, california, this morning. good morning, laura. >> reporter: goomorning, kate. a state of emergency has been declared in santa cruz county, this town of davenport sits in the path of the fire. the biggest concern is when the winds pick up fueling the flames. at least 4,000 acres have burned in the santa cruz mountains. more than 2,000 people have been evacuated. in this rugged terrain, firefighters say wind trumps everything. it can turn a smoldering fire into a raging inferno. >> see what we call the head of the fire. >> reporter: we rode to tony aiken on a single lane dirt road deep not woods. >> i'm looking to see the intensity. i like the way it's burning on

the ground but not up in the trees. it is trying to get into the trees. not yet, it is getting close. >> reporter: as the heat of the day approached the winds increased. this is an example of what firefighters face in this rugged back country. unpredictable spot fires that can erupt in an instant. crews douse this small blaze knowing another one waits just around the bend. the fire has forced hundreds from their homes. but not janet webb. >> guys have any problems with that retard apartment and do i need to tell him to back off. >> reporter: they vowed to stay and fight. >> it's been wearing. we have's been up all night. we've only had a couple of hours' sleep. >> reporter: for webb and the other resides in peril, they hope firefighters soon will have a ham on this blaze. this is such a stubbor blaze. cal fire says that they hope to have it contained by august 23rd

but they don't expect to have it completely out until august 30th and they say that's a goal, not a promise. kate? >> okay, laura. thank you. marysol will tell us about weather. first breaking news out of afghanistan and ron claiborne is here with that. >> good morning, everyone. at least seven people have been killed in dozens injured in a suicide car bomb attack in front of the heavily fortified headquarters of the u.s. and fate to troopsn the afghan capital kabul and abc's jim sciutto joins us now from kabul. good morning, jim. >> reporter: ron, good morning. you could feel that blast across the capital, the biggest attack here in six months and it comes just five days before crucial presidential elections. the explosion shook downtown kabul stripping trees of their branches and sending shrapnel hundreds of yards away. a lone suicide car bomber striking right at the heart of the capital. "the bomb was very, very

powerful" an eyewitness told us "like an earthquake." the bomber made it all the way to the entrance of nato headquarters wherehe commander of u.s. forces general stanley mcchrystal is based. can we ask what your reaction is in advance of the election? >> absolutely. we had innocent afghans die this morning. and when you talk about giving afghans a choice and then you kill them i think your message is absolutely contrary. >> reporter: this is one of the most secure parts. the headquarters of the international security force, the u.s. embassy not far away. several government ministries and to get here the bomber would have had to pass at least one security checkpoint. the taliban quickly claimed responsibility even giving the bomber's name and saying both nato headquarters and the nearby u.s. embassy were targets. just five days before presidential elections here, a warning that attacks like this can happen anywhere, any time.

afghan guards stopped the bomber at the nato gate. the question is how he got that close. afghan officials tell us they will investigate. ron? >> all right. thanks, jim. jim sciutto reporting from kabul in afghanistan. the national transportation safety board says air traffic controllers at two airports did not notice an audio or visual alarm just before the midair collision over the hudson river last week. the faa meanwhile, said there is no evidence that controllers' actions contributed to the collision. nine people died this that crash but two controllers have been suspended. family and friends say their final good-byes to eunice kennedy shriver. the 88-year-old sister of president kennedy celebrated for activism and as the founder of the sperm olympics, her husband sargent and maria shriver and arnold schwarzenegger were among the mourners. they completed bob dylan after a complete unknown after a

report of a suspicious character. they asked for identification. dylan didn't have i.d. neither officer recognized him so they took him back to his hotel where staffers identified him. that is a first look at the headlines. now to marysol castro with a look at the weather. >> very busy day in the weather world. on the west coast northern california as we mentioned earlier in the broadcast. wildfires continuing to blaze. in part due to the winds. only 5 to 15-mile-per-hour winds but that is enough to make putting those fires out very difficult. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. 93 in san jose. the first named storm, tropical storm ana starts towards the leeward isla le

thanks so much. more on your saturday outlook later in the show. kate? >> okay, three months after his release from federal prison former nfl star michael vick has a new team, a brand-new contract worth $1.6 million but so many wondering does the man convicted of horrible crimes towards animals deserve a second chance? here's abc's john berman. >> reporter: after 18 months in prison michael vick was back in front of the cameras apologizing. >> i've done some terrible thing, made a horrible mistake and now want to be rt of the solution and not the problem.

>> reporter: the philadelphia eagles have signed vick for one year with an option for another. hoping fans can look beyond his past. >> i want to do whatever is necessary and be the bes ambassador for the nfl and in the community. >> reporter: but vick's crime convicted for his role in a dogfighting ring where dogs were killed in gruesome fashion has some fans feeling not so forgiving. >> i was an eagles fan up till yesterday. >> reporter: really? >> uh-huh, and i simply can't root for a team that puts someone like this on their roster. >> reporter: the newspaper and talk radio were on fire in philadelphia. >> why do they need a distraction? why do they need michael vick? >> reporter: vick has agreed to speak out against animal cruelty and the team says he had better do it well. vick is the second big sports figure to plead for forgiveness this week. basketball coach rick pitino apologized for an extramarital dalliance on wednesday. >> i'm sorry for that indiscretion six years ago.

>> reporter: he'll almost definitely keep his job despite a morality clause in his contract. these are certainly not the first sinners to seek redemption. and many have been able to regain their former stature. martha stewart and her empire survived her jail sentence for lying to investigators. her fashionable prison poncho didn't hurt and don imus. >> was not with malice in my heart and i'll explain it to these young women. >> reporter: -- landed back on radio only eight months after being fired for racially insensitive remarks. >> very easy for athletes and celebrities to recover if they perform in their field of endeavor, whether it's the movies or out on the basketball court. very good football player who admitted to doing some very bad things. for "good morning america," john >> bill is talking about some . very different kind of comebacks this morning. 40 years later at woodstocock, again, bill.

hello, again, katete. the general ricehat dropped acid theyy drop antacid these days, still hehere and still ve much rock k 'n' roll part off tr souls. you don't skrupdz stand woodstock k unlessou undedersta the times in the late '60s. so much disenfranchisement. vietnam was raging. any ti people raised their voices they were met with the barrel of a gun from n national guardsmen so whenn w word began spread of three hasslele-free ds of peace and love, well, to almost a couple million kids that sounded very, very good. >> saturday august 16th, canned heat, credence clearwater revival. grateful dead, jefferson airplane. >> reporter: the concert was coming a big one so josh went to the record shop and bought ticks number 1 and 2. >> nobody could quite believe all of these people were going

to be playing. >> reporter: they would never need those tickets. the crush of humanity was so impossible to hang it became accide accidentally free. >> richie havens was singing "freedom." the sun starts to come through. this beautiful girl with long hair, my motorcycle and 300,000 kids without supervision and i looked up to heaven and said it doesn't get better than this. >> reporter: the party intensified as certain subsnces took hold. and then came the rock 'n' roll pantheon, janis. ♪ ♪ honey don't you go and leave me now ♪ >> reporter: jimi. ♪ >> reporter: the who. ♪ i'm about you >> reporter: check out the fan bumming a cigarette from the singer for canned heat.

can't relate to that era, how do you describe it. >> kids, we were smoking pot is what we were doing. >> reporter: and then came the rain. normally nothing kills a buzz like this but here it made everyone equal. >> if you're the only one that is wet and muddy, you stand out. it was kind of a blessing from heaven. >> reporter: sure, some paranoid types blame the weather on the cops. >> i want to know whyhat stuff is going down. >> reporter: but mostly it was pure human kindness that emerged from the muck. the sort america hn't seen in quite a while. >> i saw a highway patrolman pick up a hippie girl who cut her foot on the glass and carry her to the car and nine hippies pushed the police car out of the mud so it was kind of a -- there was some kind of vibe. >> reporter: that vibe was lost on "the wall street journal." their sneering op-ed read "it would be a curious america if the unwashed more or less permanently stoned were running

very many things." ♪ all right. >> one, two, three. ♪ what are we fighting for >> reporter: what do you think ultimately is the legacy of woodstock? >> i think the legacy is peace and love really. you know, we're stuck on this planet together. we have limited resources. we've got to make peace with each other and get peace and love vibe going. that's going to stay the same forever. ♪ one two three what are we fighting for ♪ >> it's been called the most woodstock disaster in entertainment history joined by some of the people who were there. marc gellman, colleen plimpton, sandy johnson all attended woodstock so what do you remember, cole mean? what comes to mind? >> the mud, the mess, the misery and, of course, the music. the hollywoods of people trudging along route 17b trying to get to we didn't know what. we didn't know how many people there were going to be. that there would be no food, no water, no shelter.

we didn't realize what we were getting into. what i remember are the townspeople standing on either side of the route looking at us, ep>>ed, aghast, we're being d. >> reporter: then you came home and found this picture in i "ntt "nwsneek" magazine, september 1sws 1969. i opened the magazrae vesel days after we got back from the music festival and there we were. >> reporter: that's hi lair rouse. >> we hadn't realized we were photographed. >> reporter: sandy, your rekzless. >> waking up, going to bed sthurs night and waking up with 400,000 people. nose to nose with strangers and smiling and just looking at this what i called blanket of humanity. >> reporter: it's amazing and dr. marc gellman. this affected you. you found your c lialng here, li right. >> i suppose so. cae meerea h htothr e music and litt deid i obrvseasin g rving the behavior of hundreds of thousands of people consuming all sorts of substances but also sharing what they had, not just sharing the

marijuana and passing the joint but sharing the sand wind, sharing their food, taking care of one another and that's what i recall is the caring nature of all the people that were here. >> it's so amazing. look back at the documentary. the thing that struck me. the kids lined up to use the pay phone. you were one of those -- >> i tried to call my home even though my father told me not to go to the hippie festival. >> what a contrast. tents set up for lawyers for draft dodgers. kids couldn't vote. could be drafted but couldn't vote. we'll have many more memories. richie havens will perform for us and look at the modern concerts when we come back. stick around, everything. coming up on "good morning america," jon and kate irate. trouble at home while jon was visiting with her eight children. why did she call the police and will the custody agreement fall apart? and the seeds of woodstock growing 40 years later. we'll experience the modern

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organized chaos on stage at this festival 40 years ago which is why richie havens had to improvise a song. we'll talk to him about that and see how todernodern mical has evolved in those years. they're booming these days, never a better time to be a music fan. bicycle, i've missed you.

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♪ freedom ♪ freedom ♪ freedom ♪ freedom >> that is the opening act in this field 40 years ago. richie havens singing a song he was forced to improvise because he had run out of material. just a symbol of the organized chaos. there's the site of the stage 0 years later, gravel pit right there flying artists in via helicopter because the new york state thruway was shut down for 25 miles but richie havens is back this morning. no traffic and he's going to perform that song that he's been

so many times since then. also we're taking a look at how woodstock affected the modern musical festival. lollapalooza. this is booming. we got to hang out backstage with big acts and find out how things have changed and why it is a date time. do you remember what it smelled like 40 yearsago. >> oh, yes. this was a dairy farm so nothing like a little marijuana and manure in the morning, kate snow >> that's right. we have a question, could we just see, are you wearing shoes? >> i am wearing shoes, i know, i'm not. -- i may have to take them off. >> take them off. >> get in touch with my inner hippie. >> it is by the way saturday august 15th. we have a lot more developments back here in the jon and kate gosselin story. police were called after a fight between the two. it's getting ugly. we'll have that for you but first we have a lot of other headlines and ron claiborne is here again. >> good morning again, kate. good morning, everyone.

in the news, in the biggest bank failure federal regulators closed colonial bank group based in alabama. it is expected to cost almost $3 million. senator jim webb, the first member of congress to visit myanmar in nearly a decade met with leaders of the military ruled country. webb met this morning also with the democracy leader aung san suu kyi recently sentenced to another 18 months under house arrest. and lynette "squeaky" fromme has been paroled after decades in prison for attempting to asass tate president ford and escaped from prison in 1978 but was recaptured days later. finally, bring on the brides at a store on long island in new york state. yesterday hundreds of young women vied for a chance to buy a bargain wedding dress. they emptied the racks in minutes and began trying them right out in the open. a look at that. quick look at the headlines. over to marysol with the weather. >> good morning to you.

in homage to woodstock, the weather 40 years ago it was a slippery, rainy, muddy mess. there you go. i bet it stunk really terribly, as well. today very different, 40 years later beautiful weather. very sunny, 86 degrees. i bet bill can attest to it. elsewhere, severe weather in the nothern plains, 60 to >> we have a hot of sunshine t a comfortable start to the day, temperatures near 90. passing clouds this afternoon. no storms in the forecast this afternoon. high temperatures near 90 both >> thanks so much. this weather report to you by cvs. the things between jon and kate. the stars of "jon & kate plus 8." it resulted in a call to 911 and andrea kang has been following the story. will it ever end?

>> i don't know, kate but like having cameras in your face isn't enough. the police got in the middle of the couple's troubles. jon says kate unexpected showed up at the pennsylvania home thursday night when it wasn't her turn to be with the kids and he says it was all over his choice of baby-sitter. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: so much for harmony for the sake of the children. jon and kate plus the police is now the latest story line in the relationship that has imploded in front of millions. jon revealed to tmz that kate called 911 this week over a custody dispute. >> miscommunication and kate said she was coming home and i said it's my time to spend time with the kids and wouldn't let her in the gate. i guess she called the police. >> reporter: jon claims the police ordered kate to leave. >> they basically said civil matter. i'm spending quality time with my kids and she's going to have to leave. and she tried to make it up to the cops and they said you have

to leave. >> reporter: this video shows kate advice blir upset check nothing a days inn. this season she admitted splitting custody wouldn't be easy. >> it's very, very difficult. it is going to be the best and the most peaceful i'm hoping for them. >> reporter: but she didn't count on stephanie satora. >> she is a 23-year-old shooter girl so gives shots at the local bar and kate is very upset about this. >> i guess she didn't agree with my baby-sitting. >> reporter: do you approve of kate's baby-sitters? >> i guess if she approves of mine. back and forth. >> reporter: it's one of the rare times the couple has been together in recent months with their lives going in very different directions. >> jon has been seen with a multitude of women. he also has a bachelor pad in new york city whereas kate has been doing very family activities and been seen with the kids at all times. >> reporter: they were photographed outside their home

friday as fans watched on from outside the gate. as to whether jon and kate resolve their differences, stay tuned. we should mention kate was not arrested during the police call and she declined to comment to reporters about the incident. as for what's next for jon hs hosting a pool party in vegas, grab your bathing suits. and he supposedly has a clothing line in the works called hollywood rebel. >> you just feel for the kids. andrea, thank you. we'll be right back. ♪ coming up on "good morning america," then and now. how the seeds planted by woodstock 40 years ago are helping musical festivals thrive today. and richie havens, the woodstock legend performs the'sn festival's signature song live. ♪ like i'm on -- i cannot be one of the 61 million americans who do not refill their prescriptions on time. readyfill at cvs pharmacy automatically refills my prescriptions

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but what happened on this field 40 years ago gave it a scale that few had ever imagined. the idea that hundreds of thousands of people could get together for days on end in sort of a mini village to hear dozens of bands was a revelation and 40 years later thanks to the evolution ofhe music festival it's never been a better time to be a live music fan. >> summer vacation. >> reporter: what i saw on my summer vacation. let's see. i saw the statue of liberty, that was cool then i turned around and saw jay-z one night, coldplay another, i smelled barbecue and hippies, getting close to bonnaroo. much to my delight many were fans of meryl haggard and the beastie boys and by playing the tv news card got to spend quality time to annie defranco and buddy guy, ben harper and widespread panic, all on a suburban denver soccer field.

let's stop here and get a listen to this guy for a second. over three weekends all points west, bonnaroo and the mile high musical festival featured 250 bands. little wonder these massive gatherings have become economic life rafts for a music industry in turmoil. for a change it seems like it's a win/win for artists and fans. >> if you could bring a large number of bands into a good environment whe somebody can have their summer concert experience and not spend the baby's milk money. >> reporter: at woodstock promoters lost millions on the show but made it up with the album and documentary. these days it's just the opposite. internet piracy has soaked the value of recorded music but as the black keys can attest the value of a live performance has never been higher. >> paychecks are very large too. festivals may really well. >> reporter: also there's the

pay but surely there's some other motivation to come together as artist. >> whenever i come on a stage, something this big, my thing is, somebody going to hit a lick that i want to steal away from, i'm going to learn something from them because that's where i learned how to play. >> reporter: there's the pay and stealing of the guitar tricks one.surely there's a more n norl >>here's b boxoxes y find in this d divididinup a the , bo , feivivals really kinind of blow thatat apart. >> repeporter:r:hank y, a annie detang ki. the e seseeds of woodstockre stl sputinover theroross popollenizion. and check you andnd who knows where they ce e fromom. popolititicacalllly d so it makl you know, u try touildld ids ♪ >> repteter: adjusted d for inflatn ticket too the 3232 babandnds at woodsck cosost $

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>> reporter: it's successful for a primal reason, love of the music. you see it in the way the guys from widespread panic rehearse backstage ♪ you see it in the eyes of the fans as they walk on stage. ♪ and you hear it in a 3 1/2-hour set that seems to transcend differences in age or origin. oh, man, i tell you i'm spread head after hanging out with j.b. and thanks to the black keys, another great band. when we come back the man who opened the whole festival, 40 years ago richie havens is back where it all happened this morning to tell us all the great behind the scenes sties enwh we come back. ♪ here comes the sun when you're depressed where do you want to go?

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♪ freom freedom >> that is richie havens 40 years ago this weekend, the first act to perform at woodstock and kind of shoved on stage thanks lightly lightly organized chaos that was going on. they were still building the stage and here he is back in the spot where it all happens. richie hafens, everybody. are you kidding. thanks for coming by. how do you characterize it. >> for me it was fantastic. growing up in certain time zone gave us the opportunity as a generation to actual ly have a voic they played with it a little bit until we had to go get our voice and this time we've been at our

voice for a long time now. >> for a lot of people it's the first time they've seen more than two-like-minded people. you weren't supposed to go on but they did shove you on because you were here. is that what happened? >> yes, what happened was that they sent me over because i had the least musicians and the least guys to play then, they sent me over in this bubble helicopter which they borrowed from a farmer down the road and flew us in to the backstage area. nseo, o w nse,uro one was there to go seic melhao michaele lea as medat least a quarter of .mi so i said, hey, man, please do this. >> he sang every song he knew then still they needed more because they were still building the stage and you improvised this song. would you do it for us? >> certainly. >> all right. richie havens.

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bill, that was fantastic. w thank warner home video for eetting us use oothckre: torethe live and in h.d., this is an abc 7 news update. good morning to you. 7:56 is your time this saturday morning. taking a look at some of the day's news, the last patient who remains hospitalized after the

metro train collision in june is out of the hospital, released from the washington hospital center. nine people died and more than 70 were injured when two trains collided on the red line on june 22. authorities will continue to caarch jessup maryland for an ped howard county psoesner. 20-year-old devon champagne escaped custody after a jury convicted him of felony theft. authorities say he overpowered a sheriff's deputy by choking him with his restraints. the deputy had to be hospitalized after that encounter. champagne's mother lives in jessup. >> switching gears, let's look at the weather. >> it's a lovely morning outside. bitne a bit muggy out there, utat you would expec ts mehiti of year. frederick. vetalun frederick. r frederick. rome forhehe district. 8.falle,vi chll rs me warchrme at 74. waldorf, 70. bouey at 73.

here is your forecast for today, patchy clouds for the midday and afternoon. high temperatures near 90, which is up a few degrees above average. tomorrow will be a lot like today with one exception. that is lower humidity levels. more comfortable tomorrow despite heat with highs in the lower 90 he's. a dry rain-free weekend. no storms until tuesday. then a chance of storms every afternoon tuesday through friday. notice on the 7-day forecast, temperatures at or above 90. near 90 for the foreseeable future. >> thanks, saddam adam. thank